: Backing up Web Server Locally As an added backup, I'd love to have an external hard drive sitting here with my Mac that backs up our web server. Is there any way to have a total backup

@Alves908

You've tried tar? tar is good!
Well, rsync is good too. For the time being, let me tell you about tar.

tar zvcf - $PWD | ssh -i keyfile.pem username@ip-address "dd of=/home/tarfile"


I am assuming you can build the trust (exchange of ky pairs) for logging in.
Using v flag is a good thing.

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@Gretchen104

rsync or rdiff-backup are good tools for doing this. rsync is available with MacOS X I believe. I found a good tutorial on how to do use them with Plesk here: vmblog.com/archive/2006/12/02/2378.aspx
Quick examples:

rsync -aze ssh root@remoteserver:/var/lib/mysql /backup/mysql
rdiff-backup user@hostname.net::/remote-dir local-dir

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